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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MUNGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. NV. SCHERMERHORN, OF SAME PLACE.

INK-WELL COVER.

Specification forlning part of Letters Patent NO. 58,952, dated October 16, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MUNGER, of the city, County, and State of New York, have invented a. new and I mproved In k-\V ell Cover; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, Which will enable Others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of this invention. Fig'. 2 is a Vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a. plan, and Fig. &l a. vertieal section of a modification of the same.

similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates particularly to the manner in which the hinge-joints of ink-well covers are constructed, rendering the same eheap in their construction and easily put on or taken off.

A represents a cover, which is east with gudgeons a, intended to catch under semicircular sockets b, formed by the bifureated end of the braeket B. If the cover is put on the Well and the bracket fastened to the desk, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, a perfect joint is formed, the cover being held in the semicircnlar sockets of the bracket by the desk itself, and said cover cannot be removed without unfastening the bracket.

I some cases the bracket B has the form of a disk, B*, (see Figs. 2, 3, and 4,) Which serves to cover the ink-well, and Which is provided with a small hole, so that the pen can be introduced, but children are prevented from daubin g' their fingers. These disks I east with semicircular sockets b which catch over the gudgeons of the cover A, and When the disk is screwed down to the desk the cover is firmly retained in position and a perfect joint is formed.

In either case the bracket or disk and the cover can be easily cast, and no labor is required to fit up the joints. The covers can be used just as they are received from the foundry, and they can be adjusted in position with the greatest ease and facility.

The cost of an ink-Well cover is thus materially reduced, and an article can be furnished equally as good as the ordinary ink-well covers at less than half the price.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The semicircular sockets b or li in the bracketor disk, in combinaton With the gudgeons a, cast solid with the cover A, substantially as and for the purpose described.

GEO. MUNGER.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

